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Michelle and I would like to extend our warmest wishes to Muslims in the United States and around the world celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr. As Muslims mark the end of the month, they are reminded that Ramadan is a time to reflect spiritually, build communally, and aid those in need. While Eid marks the end of Ramadan, it marks a new beginning for each individual – a reason to celebrate and express gratitude on this holiday. For millions of Muslims, the morning of Eid is marked with the call to prayer echoing through cities and towns across the globe. Millions of people...

click here to view my facebook picture album for this event Team Spartan takes the time to conduct combat lifesaver team internal refresher training during the Eid Ul-Fitr break. While our Iraqi counterparts are on vacation celebrating Eid ul-Fitr our team took this opportunity to conduct Combat LifeSaver training. I chose the youngest guy on the team to practice on me with the IV. As you can see the way we do needle sticks is a bit different from what you get in a hospital office. I don't think anyone on TEAM SPARTAN will ever make a good nurse.....

Letter From The President (XXVIII): Moslems, Spruce up your image Countrymen and women, loyalists and opponents, this has been a week of feasts for me. I have eaten different types of meat. smoked, fried, roasted, grilled, barbecued and salted. Thank Allah for Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr. It's that time of the year again and I have to be very careful not to gain any extra weight. As a president, and an African one as that, you have to check your weight and make sure that you are fit to run. just in case an adventurous and overzealous but ignorant Kalashnikov-wielding...

Workers at Tyson Foods' poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day, but will instead take the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the fall. A recent press release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) stated that a new contract at the Shelbyville facility "implements a new holiday to accommodate the ... Muslim workers at the plant." The RWDSU stated that "the five-year contract creates an additional paid holiday, Iidal Fitil, a Muslim holiday that occurs toward the end of Ramadan." read full article at Times-Gazette

Hillary Clinton today released the following statement in celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the end the month of Ramadan or fasting. "I am pleased to join Muslim-Americans today in celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the sacred month of Ramadan. During these times of conflict, it is critical that we recognize the positive role of spiritual renewal, compassion, and charity that the month of Ramadan symbolizes. In the United States, millions of Muslims represent hard-working, law-abiding, and family-oriented Americans of all ethnicities and national origins. "I am committed to encouraging the principles of diversity and mutual respect that are...

Police in Manchester have been told not to arrest Muslims wanted on warrants at prayer times during Ramadan. Greater Manchester Police confirmed it had asked detectives not to make planned arrests during those periods for reasons of religious sensitivity. The advice was emailed out to officers working in Moss Side, Hulme, Whalley Range, Rusholme, Fallowfield, Ardwick, Longsight, Gorton and Levenshulme. Police said it was not a blanket ban, just a "request for sensitivity". The email stressed the order did not apply to on-the-spot arrests, only the execution of arrest warrants. The holy month of Ramadan began on 22 September and...

Mullah Omar Eid message KABUL (AIP): “Ffighting would be increased manifold and it would be much organized in the next few months,� said Taliban chief Mullah Muhammad Omar in his message on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. Spokesman of Taliban guerrillas Dr Muhammad Hanif emailed the message to the Afghan Islamic Press. This message is as under: Message on the eve of Eid to the Muslim Ummah, Mujahideen in bunkers, the Afghan Muslim and Mujahid nation. I would recall that this is the 5th 'Eid-ul-Fitr' we are celebrating it in a situation when our homeland is under the occupation of...